'On the hoof' definitions:
Definition of 'On the hoof'
From: GCIDE
- Hoof \Hoof\, v. i.
- 1. To walk as cattle. [R.] --William Scott. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To be on a tramp; to foot. [Slang, U.S.] [1913 Webster]
- To hoof it, to foot it.
- On the hoof, of cattle, standing (on the hoof); not slaughtered.
- beef on the hoof, live cattle. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]